3 Contents Report Highlights... i Executive Summary... iii I. Introduction... 1 II. Understanding Ready Schools... 3 III. Early Care and Education... 7 Improving Early Care and Education Quality Through Quality Counts... 7 Improving Knowledge and Skills of Early Care and Education Program Directors Improving Higher Education Opportunities Strengthening Early Care and Education Curriculum Improving Quality Through Model Early Care and Education Centers Improving Children s Transition From Early Care to Elementary School Conclusion for Early Care and Education Section IV. Elementary Teaching and Learning Developing Master Teachers Through a Job Embedded Master s Program Improving Teaching and Learning Through Inquiry Maximizing Administrative Leadership Through Principal Professional Development Using Data to Support Schools Conclusion for Elementary School Section V. Other Essential Services Improving Access to Health Care Increasing Early Identification and Intervention Increasing Family Engagement Conclusion for Other Essential Services Section VI. Changing Systems to Support Children Collaborating on Strategic Planning Partnering to Create Strong and Comprehensive Programs Promoting Racial Equity Through Leadership, Data Analysis, and Program Refinement Generating, Connecting, and Leveraging Resources Generating and Sustaining Public Support for Children s Learning and Development Expanding Ready Schools Work Beyond Miami Conclusion for Changing Systems to Support Children Section VII. Conclusion Appendix: Methodology Endnotes... 53

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5 Report Highlights Ready Schools is a radical systems change effort to improve the academic, health, and social outcomes of historically underserved children in one of this country s largest and most diverse communities, Miami-Dade County. Ready Schools is fostering collaboration, coordination, and leveraging of resources among Miami-Dade County s health, social service, early childhood, public school, and higher education agencies to create systems that effectively support children. Major Programmatic Accomplishments To improve the quality of early childhood care and education programs, Ready Schools partners developed a comprehensive quality rating and improvement system and a set of related programs, including degree-granting programs, to improve the knowledge and skills of program directors and providers and to promote evidence-based curricula. The Lastinger Center for Learning, one of the Ready School partners, developed a new model of teacher professional development that is embedded in the real work of schools and provides opportunities for teachers to learn from one another. Part of this model is a reinvention of the education graduate degree, which is offered on-site and online and creates a community of learners within schools. On awarding it a highly competitive Investing in Innovation grant, the U.S. Department of Education identified the model as one of the most promising educational initiatives in the country. Ready Schools partners have improved children s access to health care through schoolbased health suites, home visiting, health insurance enrollment, electronic medical files, and soon through virtual clinics. Major Systemic Accomplishments Ready Schools partners mobilized the community to reauthorize The Children s Trust, ensuring over $100 million in funding a year for services and programs aimed at children. Ready Schools partners are promoting racial equity through leadership, data analysis, and program refinement to ensure that the most vulnerable children receive the services they need to be successful. Ready Schools partners are influencing state policies for children through their involvement in The Children s Movement, which developed a legislative agenda and is mobilizing public support for child-friendly policies, and through their involvement in developing a statewide framework for decision-making about early childhood policies and investments. Keys to Ready Schools Success Ready Schools partners share a common goal and work together to plan, implement, and refine programs. By purposefully linking efforts, Ready Schools partners were able to create an effective, coordinated, and comprehensive set of programs that they could not have done independently. By generating, connecting, and leveraging resources, Ready Schools partners have substantially grown the investments they received and, through the success of these programs, engendered ongoing support for their sustainability. i

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7 Executive Summary Ready Schools Miami (Ready Schools) a radical systems change effort to improve the well-being and educational attainment of children in Miami-Dade is working to ensure that all children living in Miami-Dade County have the range of early supports they need for a promising future. Launched in 2007 by the University of Florida s Lastinger Center for Learning and The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation with funding by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Ready Schools fosters collaborations among Florida s social service agencies, community organizations, health centers, early childhood education organizations, public school systems, and universities to provide children and their families with the holistic support needed to improve their outcomes. Ready Schools approaches early learning, which spans from birth through the end of elementary school, with a systems perspective. Since its inception, Ready Schools has been diligently working to improve the systems in Miami-Dade that contribute to school readiness and success early care, education, health, and family support. Ready Schools partners work at many levels to support improved outcomes for children: they develop innovative programming, collaborate and coordinate across agencies, and develop and support local and state policies. Since its inception, Ready Schools has been diligently working to improve the systems in Miami-Dade that contribute to school readiness and success early care, education, health, and family support. The key accomplishments of Ready Schools are described below. Early Care and Education To increase the quality of early childhood care and education, Ready Schools partners have developed an array of strategies that promote a common set of program standards through the local quality rating improvement system, effective program administration, a better trained early care and education work force, effective use of curriculum, increased use of appropriate learning materials, and the establishment of engaging learning environments. Together, these programs meet the needs of administrators, teachers, parents, and children. Ready Schools partners successfully launched and implemented Quality Counts, a voluntary standards-based quality rating and improvement system that is currently serving more than one-quarter of early care and education programs in Miami-Dade, approximately 28,500 children ages birth to 5, and nearly 4,000 teachers. Data show that most programs in Quality Counts have improved in their quality. iii

8 Executive Summary Ready Schools partners have improved the management skills of 280 early care and education program directors who completed the Early Childhood Program Administrator s Institute. Ready Schools partners advanced the skills and knowledge of early care and education program directors and providers through higher education opportunities. More than 600 providers earned an early childhood credential, 375 providers completed the Great Beginnings program (Florida Child Care Professional Certificate), about 150 providers completed an A.S. degree in early childhood, and 7 early education teachers participated in the University of Florida s job-embedded graduate degree program. Ready Schools partners implemented the Curriculum Learning Communities project, which provided intensive training on evidence-based curriculum for 37 centers, 74 teachers, and 22 community members in its first year and 60 centers involving 120 teachers in its second year. Two early learning programs The United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education and the district s new Primary Learning Center have served as best practices resource centers for educators, child care professionals, and families. Transition from Early Care and Education to Kindergarten Ready Schools partners developed tools and resources to improve children s transition from early care and education programs to elementary education. Ready Schools partners developed a set of strategies to support successful transition to kindergarten that can be used by parents, teachers in early childhood programs, and teachers in elementary schools; this information will be housed on the Ready Schools website and promoted across Ready Schools partners. Ready Schools partners strengthened connections between elementary schools and the early childhood and preschool programs in their areas by having principals invite representatives of local early care and education programs to meet at their schools. Ready Schools partners have developed a new model of teacher professional development that is embedded in the real work of schools and that provides opportunities for teachers to learn from one another. iv

9 Executive Summary Teaching and Learning in Elementary Schools Ready Schools partners have developed a new model of teacher professional development that is embedded in the real work of schools and that provides opportunities for teachers to learn from one another. They have reinvented the education graduate degree and supported professional learning communities that employ an inquiry process. Through these new models, Ready Schools seeks to improve not just individual teacher practice, but also whole schools by creating a community of learners dedicated to further strengthening practice in the service of student learning and improving school culture. The Lastinger Center developed and then scaled up its job-embedded on-site and online graduate program, the Teacher Leadership for School Improvement program, to 110 teachers (93 current students and 17 graduates). The graduate program was identified as one of the most promising educational initiatives in the country by the U.S. Department of Education, which awarded the Ready Schools partners one of the highly competitive Investing in Innovation (i3) grants to expand and study the program. The job-embedded graduate program was identified as one of the most promising educational initiatives in the country by the U.S. Department of Education. In , principals and teachers in all 25 partner schools received coaching from Lastinger Learning Facilitators and training on professional learning communities, in which teachers work together to improve student learning. Over 100 teachers attended an introductory course on facilitating professional learning communities, and 144 participated in the Facilitator Learning Community to sharpen their facilitation skills. In , 164 teachers participated in the Teacher Fellows Program, through which they conducted an inquiry on a data-driven question that is relevant to teacher practice and student learning. Ready Schools improved principals leadership effectiveness by providing professional development to 116 principals through the Principal Best Practice Symposium and to the principals of all 25 partner schools through the Principal Fellows Program. More than 400 elementary and early care and education teachers, school administrators, and Community Involvement Specialists shared their inquiry experiences and findings at the 2010 Ready Schools Learning Showcase. Ready Schools partners supported data-driven decision-making by helping schools to collect, analyze, and interpret data from the School Culture Survey and Instructional Practices Inventory. They also convened a summer Leadership Institute for the 25 Ready School partner school teams during which the teams developed improvement plans based on those data. v

10 Executive Summary Other Essential Services Ready Schools aims to address the full spectrum of children s needs through other essential services that focus on health, developmental screenings, and family engagement. Ready Schools partners have improved children s access to health care through school-based health suites, home visiting, health insurance enrollment, electronic medical files, and soon through virtual clinics. Through developmental screenings in early care and education programs, Ready Schools partners are identifying children at risk of learning delays or other disabilities and connecting them to appropriate services. Further, Ready Schools partners are strengthening the capacity of Miami-Dade s elementary schools and early care and education programs to engage parents in their children s learning. Through HealthConnect, led by The Children s Trust in collaboration with the Miami- Dade County Health Department and Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 7,539 women have received voluntary home visits, more than 97,000 students received 500,000 services through HealthConnect health suites placed in schools, and 125,236 children and parents have received health insurance and provider referrals from HealthConnect community health workers. More than 18,000 children ages 3 and 4 throughout Miami-Dade County received developmental screenings in the past year, and those identified as being at risk of having a learning delay or disability were referred for further assessment to a local agency at no charge. Ready Schools partners provided training for more than 90 Community Involvement Specialists who work with families in Title I schools throughout the district and additional training for 15 Community Involvement Specialists who have been trained to facilitate learning communities with their peers. Ready Schools partners supported parent engagement through family literacy and book distribution programs in more than 385 early care and education programs. They also developed materials for parents on how to select high-quality early care and education programs. Ready Schools partners have improved children s access to health care through school-based health suites, home visiting, health insurance enrollment, electronic medical files, and soon through virtual clinics. Systems Change Ready Schools is a complex and comprehensive reform effort. By fostering collaborations among Florida s education, health, and social service agencies, Ready Schools is creating a visionary system that reflects the understanding that these organizations working together, rather than in isolation, will provide children and their families with the holistic support needed to improve their outcomes. Ready Schools partners have mobilized the Miami-Dade community to fund and support early learning through the reauthorization of The Miami-Dade Children s Trust and are now mobilizing people throughout the state of Florida to support children s issues vi

11 Executive Summary through The Children s Movement. Further, Ready Schools partners have institutionalized many of their programmatic endeavors, growing projects developed from seed money into selfsustaining enterprises. Collaborating on Strategic Planning. Ready Schools partner organizations have come together to successfully plan, develop, and provide a comprehensive array of programs. The effectiveness of the partnership can be attributed to three factors: alignment of organizational priorities and commitment to Ready Schools, ongoing communication, and formal cross-organizational associations. Partnering to Create Strong and Comprehensive Programs. Ready Schools partners are purposefully linking efforts to create a more integrated system. They are ensuring that the early care and education programs and elementary schools being served receive the full array of Ready Schools supports, they are using their successful peer facilitation professional development model across programs, and they are working together to design and implement programs to bring the best expertise to the table and maximize every program s impact. Ready Schools partners have institutionalized many of their programmatic endeavors, growing projects developed from seed money into self-sustaining enterprises. Promoting Racial Equity Through Leadership, Data Analysis, and Program Refinement. Ready Schools partners are actively putting racial equity at the center of their efforts. Ready Schools hosted a 3-day retreat in December 2009 for about 40 community leaders to determine how to redirect their collective resources to address the racial disparities in the community. Ready Schools leaders are examining disaggregated data to determine how different population subgroups are faring on a variety of outcomes, evaluating their work against these outcomes, and adjusting programs and developing new ones to ameliorate the evident disparities. Ready Schools partners are actively putting racial equity at the center of their efforts. Generating, Connecting, and Leveraging Resources. Ready Schools is generating, connecting, and leveraging hundreds of millions of dollars in support for an early learning system. Ready Schools partners also have found ways to grow and sustain the investments they received so that each program they developed became self-sustaining. Support for Ready Schools was maintained even though overall resources across the partner vii

12 Executive Summary organizations were decreasing because of the economic recession. Furthermore, several organizations dedicated new dollars to Ready Schools programs, and partner organizations are beginning to assume the financial responsibility for sustaining the work. In addition, Ready Schools partners continued to generate new funding to support children s learning and development, such as the reauthorization of The Children s Trust which provides over $100 million a year, the directing of $20 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to the development of an early childhood infrastructure throughout the state, and the winning of an Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Generating and Sustaining Public Support for Children s Learning and Development. Ready Schools partners put a premium on garnering the support needed to sustain and expand their shared goals countywide, statewide, and beyond. Ready Schools partners can take credit for the reauthorization of The Children s Trust, which guarantees continued funding and programming to improve outcomes for children. Ready Schools partners are working to influence support for children s issues statewide with the development of a legislative agenda and mobilization for its support through The Florida Children s Movement. Ready Schools funded the facilitation of state planning sessions, which led to the development of a statewide framework for decision-making about early childhood policies and resource allocation. Expanding Ready Schools Beyond Miami. Ready Schools has successfully expanded its teacher development programs within Miami and across Florida and disseminated program components and ideas to other states. The Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund grant will ensure the expansion of the graduate degree program within Miami. Districts across Florida have adopted the Lastinger Center model, and its job-embedded graduate program has been recommended for the use of Title I funding. Ready Schools also has shared the Web-based Early Learning System it uses to house Quality Counts data with other states. Finally, the Lastinger Center has been facilitating work similar to Ready Schools in Hawai i, Mississippi, and Washington State. Ready Schools is generating, connecting, and leveraging hundreds of millions of dollars in support for an early learning system. learning system. viii

13 Executive Summary In summary, Ready Schools partners have made significant progress in creating a coordinated and integrated system of supports to increase the probability that children will attain academic and life success in Miami-Dade. Ready Schools partners have launched and expanded strategic program components that comprehensively address the needs of children for highquality early care, education, health, and family engagement. They have built strong connections with each other that foster authentic collaboration. They have successfully leveraged existing funds and secured new funds to make their shared mission a reality. They have generated public support and political will to sustain this work. In addition, the partners have successfully scaled their programs throughout Miami-Dade and have begun to export them throughout the state and beyond. By having all Ready Schools partners look at their own work and the well-being of their community through a racial equity lens, Ready Schools partners are working to ensure that all children benefit from the innovative system they have developed. Ready Schools partners have made significant progress in creating a coordinated and integrated system of supports to increase the probability that children will attain academic and life success in Miami-Dade. ix

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15 I. Introduction The needs of Miami-Dade s children have been well documented: Nearly one in five children in Miami-Dade is living below the poverty level. One-quarter of children lack health insurance. One-third of entering kindergarteners lack the skills necessary for school success. Close to half of elementary students and more than two-thirds of high school students are not reading at grade level. 1 It is easy to imagine how this can happen. Consider the case of José. Living in poverty, José s parents sent him to one of the few early care and education centers they could afford. Although the center personnel were dedicated to the children they served, they lacked training in child development and appropriate curriculum for their young charges. The center had few books, and other toys and materials were worn with age. José was fortunate enough to be screened for development disabilities, but when he was flagged for further assessment, his parents had difficulty getting an appropriate referral. At the age of 5, José entered kindergarten already behind, lacking even basic knowledge of letter sounds. His elementary school teachers, like his preschool teachers, did not have the pedagogical training to address José s particular needs, and he fell further and further behind grade level. His academic weaknesses were compounded with other challenges. José had no regular health care, so his poor eyesight was not diagnosed and he went without glasses for years. Lacking a solid foundation, José did not have a promising future. Ready Schools Miami (Ready Schools) a radical systems change effort to improve the well-being and educational attainment of children in Miami-Dade is working to ensure that José and children like him have the range of early supports they need for a promising future. Through Ready Schools efforts, the story can now be much different for José. Living in poverty, José s parents send him to one of the few early care and education centers they can afford. However, through Ready Schools efforts personnel at this center are now well trained and able to offer an enriching, developmentally appropriate curriculum. The center is full of books and other materials to provide José a well-rounded experience. When José is screened for developmental disabilities and identified for further assessment, he now receives a referral to a regional center and gets the services he needs to keep him on an upward trajectory. With a solid foundation, José can now enter elementary school at age 5 knowing his initial letter sounds. Like his prekindergarten teachers, through Ready Schools, his elementary school teachers have been well trained and they now work collaboratively to determine the best pedagogical approaches to 1

16 Introduction meet all their students needs. José has his vision screened at the on-site health clinic and after receiving a free pair of glasses, learning to read becomes easier for him. As José advances through school, he continues to achieve at grade level, and his future is very promising. By promoting children s access to high-quality learning environments and to essential health and developmental screening and support services, Ready Schools aims to improve children s physical, cognitive, and social development; school readiness; and later academic and social adjustment outcomes. Ready Schools advances a systems perspective about early learning, from birth through the end of elementary school. Launched in 2007 by the University of Florida s Lastinger Center for Learning and The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation with funding by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Ready Schools fosters collaborations among Florida s social service agencies, community organizations, health centers, early childhood education organizations, public school systems, and universities to provide children and their families with the holistic support needed to improve their outcomes. By promoting children s access to high-quality learning environments and to essential health and developmental screening and support services, Ready Schools aims to improve children s physical, cognitive, and social development; school readiness; and later academic and social adjustment outcomes. This report documents the achievements of Ready Schools since its inception 3 years ago. It identifies how the myriad educational, social service, and health care agencies supporting youth in Miami-Dade have built partnerships and worked together to better support children s wellbeing and learning, detailing the many interventions developed as part of a system of supports. A description of the study methodology is appended. 2

17 II. Understanding Ready Schools The overall objective of Ready Schools is to improve the well-being and academic success of children. Ready Schools strives to ensure that children younger than school age attain the cognitive and social competencies that lead to kindergarten readiness. These developmental competencies are a child s foundation for achieving academic proficiency during the elementary years. Ready Schools works to make the pivotal transition from pre-k to kindergarten smooth so that children begin school experiencing success and feeling secure in their learning environments. For school-age children, Ready Schools aims to maintain their healthy development, promote their academic achievement, and minimize their need to repeat a year of school. To accomplish its goals, Ready Schools is drawing on the expertise and resources of a broad spectrum of organizations. Key among the Ready Schools partners are the following: The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning Miami-Dade County Public Schools The Children s Trust Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe The United Way of Miami-Dade The Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade One of the developers and grant recipients of Ready Schools, The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation works on a variety of projects to provide highquality education, health, and social and emotional services for all children between birth and age 5. The other developer and grant recipient of Ready Schools, the Lastinger Center is devoted to improving the quality of teaching, learning, and leadership in elementary schools. The largest school district in Florida and the fourth largest school system in the country, Miami-Dade County Public Schools serves over 163,000 children at 255 elementary and K 8 schools. More than 60% of children in the district qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and over 70% speak a language other than English at home. The Children s Trust, which was established by voter referendum, invests more than $100 million annually on programs to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade. The Early Learning Coalition is a nonprofit organization with the mission of promoting early education for children from birth through age 5. The Early Learning Coalition oversees the Voluntary Prekindergarten program and the School Readiness Program, a subsidized child care program for children who are economically disadvantaged, are at risk because of abuse or neglect, or have a disability. The Early Learning Coalition also provides developmental screenings for all children in the School Readiness Program and inclusion services for children from birth to age 5 with disabilities. The United Way invests in local health and human service programs and has made early education one of its major causes. The United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education was designed to elevate the quality of early care and education by providing a resource library and training center, a business learning center, a research center, and a demonstration school. The coalition is responsible for the Miami-Dade Healthy Start system, which provides continuous care coordination for pregnant women and for children from birth to age 3. 3

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